Calls for justice and peace after the apparent murder of a local high school student.

Calls for justice and peace after the apparent murder of a local high school student.

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Updated: 8:39 AM CDT Sep 26, 2014

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WEBVTT FIRST TONIGHT..CALLS FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE, AFTER THE APPARENT MURDER OF A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLER. GOOD EVENING, I'M ROB MCCARTNEY. I'M BRANDI PETERSEN. JOHNTAVIOUS SWIFT .. CALLED "J- T" BY HIS FRIENDS.. STEPPED OFF A BUS NEAR 36TH AND FOREST LAWN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MINUTES LATER, HE WAS ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.. WHERE HE DIED HOURS LATER. SWIFT WAS A JUNIOR AT BURKE HIGH.. WHERE KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S DAVE ROBERTS JOINS US LIVE WITH THE BIG STORY. TONIGHT... WE HEAR FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND... MOTHER OF J-T'S UNBORN CHILD. LIKE HIS CLASMATES HERE AT BURKE HIGH... SHE CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S GONE... BUT SAYS J-T TOLD HER... SOMEONE WAS GUNNING FOR HIM. IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL PRAYER.("Enough is enough! Enough is enough! Enough is IT IS THE PRAYER ... THEY WANT ANSWERED MOST. 16 YEAR OLD JOHNTAVIOUS SWIFT... GUNNED DOWN IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE HUNDREDS OF LOVED ONES GRIEVE THURSDAY NIGHT. KILLED DAYS BEFORE MEETING HIS UNBORN CHILD.("We planned the baby. He wanted this baby so bad.") JOYCE MURPH...SAYS J-T WAS SCARED SOMEONE WAS GOING TO TRY AND KILL HIM.("He had told me on Tuesday that he was going to die. I didn't know it was going to be so soon.") J-T'S MOTHER... MARTINI SWIFT SAYS HER SON SHARED THE SAME CONCERN WITH HER...AND PEOPLE AT HIS SCHOOL. ááásotáááÑ("Bad dreams. He went to the school and told them he did not feel safe at his bus stop.") IT WAS ONLY MINUTES AFTER STEPPING OFF HIS SCHOOL BUS...A FEW BLOCKS FROM HOME ... SOMEONE OPENED FIRE. DESPITE DOCTORS BEST EFFORTS... J-T DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.("Right now I don't even have the ability to fix my heart to hate the person who did this to my child.You know. I don't for them. Do you want justice but I don't hate them.") THROUGH THE PAIN OF GRIEF... DURING ONE THE LARGEST PRAYER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DEMAND PEACE.("His death has no you make it a purpose.") THE FAMILY SET UP A FUND AT WELLS FARGO TO HELP BURY J-T. MEANWHILE YOU COULD MAKE 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS IS YOU CALL CRIME STOPPERS AND GIVE POLICE INFORMATION THAT LEADS THEM TO J-T'S KILLER. REPORTING LIVE, DAVE ROBERTS, KETV NW7.

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Calls for justice and peace after the apparent murder of a local high school student.